Interesting Story
The Lesson of Potatoes

A kindergarten teacher decided to let
her class play a game. The teacher told each child
in the class to bring along a plastic bag containing
a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name of
a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes
that a child will put in his/her plastic bag will
depend on the number of people he/she hates.

When the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the
names of the people he/she hated. Some had two potatoes, some
had three potatoes while there were a few with up to five potatoes.
The teacher told the children to carry the potatoes in the plastic
bag with them wherever they go (even to the toilet) for one week.

Days passed by and the children started to complain
about the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes.
Children with five potatoes complained the most as
they had to carry heavier bags. After a week, the
children were relieved because the game had finally
ended.

The teacher asked, "How did you feel while carrying
the potatoes with you for one week?"
The children let out their frustrations and complained
about the trouble they had to go through to carry
the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go.

The teacher finally told them about the hidden meaning behind
the game.
The teacher said, "This is the exact situation to what happens
when you carry hatred for someone inside your heart. The stench
of hatred will contaminate your heart and you will carry it with
you wherever you go. If you cannot tolerate the smell of rotten
potatoes for just one week, can you imagine what it is like to
have the stench of hatred in your heart for your lifetime?"

Moral of the story
Throw away any hatred for anyone from your heart so that you will
not carry a burden for a lifetime. The best attitude to take is
to forgive others! Love others even if you don't like them.